7 You deceived   me, Lord, and I was deceived ;
    you overpowered  me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed  all day long;
    everyone mocks  me.
 8 Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction. 
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach  all day long.
 9 But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,” 
his word is in my heart like a fire, 
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in; 
    indeed, I cannot.
 10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror  on every side!
    Denounce  him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends 
    are waiting for me to slip,  saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail  over him
    and take our revenge  on him.” 
 
11 But the Lord  is with me like a mighty warrior;
    so my persecutors  will stumble and not prevail. 
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; 
    their dishonor will never be forgotten.
 12 Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
    and probe the heart and mind, 
let me see your vengeance  on them,
    for to you I have committed  my cause. 
 
13 Sing  to the Lord!
    Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues  the life of the needy
    from the hands of the wicked.  
 
14 Cursed be the day I was born! 
    May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
 15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
    who made him very glad, saying,
    “A child is born to you—a son!”
 16 May that man be like the towns 
    the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing  in the morning,
    a battle cry at noon.
 17 For he did not kill me in the womb, 
    with my mother as my grave,
    her womb enlarged forever.
 18 Why did I ever come out of the womb 
    to see trouble  and sorrow
    and to end my days in shame?